How to Understand Google Analytics (without really studying)

Do you have Google Analytics installed on your site, but don’t understand its reports? Would you like to take advantage of the tools Google offers to measure your site’s traffic and conversions? Do you lack umpteen hours to study in the Google Academy?

Please come to the How to Understand Google Analytics (without really studying) Meetup and get the basics of what you need to know in order to use this powerful tool to your advantage.

In this Meetup you’ll learn to:

• read analytics reports

• customize your dashboard with widgets

• set up goals

• set up shortcuts

• set up intelligence events

…and more techniques as time allows

Attendees are encouraged to bring laptops to work on their sites during the demonstrations.

Prerequisites includes having Google Analytics previously set up on your site.

Required reading includes: How to use Google Analytics on WordPress (http://blogsitestudio.com/how-to-use-google-analytics-wordpress/)

About Mari

Mari Kane, the organizer of WordPress Workshop, is a writer, blogger and WordPress consultant in Vancouver. She blogs about blogging at her site, BlogsiteStudio.com (http://blogsitestudio.com/), where you can get her latest ebook, Escalate Your WordPress Website, free with subscription. Her first ebook, Create a WordPress Website in Ten Easy Steps, is available there too.

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Mari also blogs about drinks at Tasting Room Confidential (http://tastingroomconfidential.com/) and about travel at the BC Association of Travel Writers (http://bcatw.org/) site. In addition to blogging and designing sites, Mari tutors business people and creatives about WordPress.

Read more about Mari at BlogsiteStudio.com (http://blogsitestudio.com/).

About Big Rock Brewery

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Big Rock Urban Brewery (http://bigrockurban.com/) at 4th Avenue and Alberta Street in Vancouver is the new home for WordPress Workshop Meetups. They offer great beer, a full bar and table service to sate your dinnertime needs.

Big Rock offers free parking in the lot next door.

About RSVPs

Please RSVP now, but as usual, please respect the RSVP process by canceling promptly if you are unable to attend.

To learn more about WordPress, please subscribe to BlogsiteStudio.com (http://blogsitestudio.com/).

See you at WordPress Workshop!